So I'm working on learning Bosnian, but my school stopped offering it as a course once i got here :[ So i'm trying to learn it completely on my own. I have a lot of Bosnian friends, so they teach me little things here and there, but I find this super difficult. I am fluent in German and learned that when i was young, so not knowing the grammar rules and genders and cases is really confusing me, since i just feel like i'm memorizing phrases and their meaning but i don't actually know what each word means. In German nouns have endings like mein, meine, meiner, etc. How is that decided in Bosnian??

So I'm working on learning Bosnian, but my school stopped offering it as a course once i got here :[ So i'm trying to learn it completely on my own. I have a lot of Bosnian friends, so they teach me little things here and there, but I find this super difficult. I am fluent in German and learned that when i was young, so not knowing the grammar rules and genders and cases is really confusing me, since i just feel like i'm memorizing phrases and their meaning but i don't actually know what each word means. In German nouns have endings like mein, meine, meiner, etc. How is that decided in Bosnian??

you can use this one too..It's about serbian grammar, but it's really the same..actually, new bosnian language,as far as I know, is some kind of mixture of serbian and croatian..but for learning grammar, I think you can use whatever you find (serbian, bosnian, croatian)

Hvala!!! yes I understand. What about these words for miss:
zakasniti - is this miss as in something also?
propustiti is this the same as promašiti?

zakasniti is - get late..for example 'Zakasnio je" : He got late

and propustiti is..well, it's very similar to promasiti, but I don't know if you can use it every time instead of promasiti...for example...you can't say You missed target - Propustio je metu..in that case, you have to use verb promašiti..

it's more like...You missed the meeting - "Propustio si sastanak"

I know I'm not very good teacher, but it's really strange for me to explain serbian
ok, maybe you could write some sentences on english, I think it's simple to learn on examples

Hvala Spring,
Can you explain why missing the train is different than missing the bus?
looks like propustio is used for the bus .. but zakasnio is used for the train. Also which version of missed is used for missing the dog?
I am trying to understand the different words used.
I understand that nedostajes is for people, and propustio is for things .. I am not clear on the other versions.

Ooooh I LOVE this thread
Could someone tell me if Nosim tvoje srce u svom srcu is the right translation for I carry your heart. I carry it in my heart. ? Coz I suspect that means only I carry your heart in my heart.

Hvala Spring,
Can you explain why missing the train is different than missing the bus?
looks like propustio is used for the bus .. but zakasnio is used for the train. Also which version of missed is used for missing the dog?
I am trying to understand the different words used.
I understand that nedostajes is for people, and propustio is for things .. I am not clear on the other versions.

oh gosh...
well.. there is no difference in missing a bus and missing a train
I just translated them differently.. in a way I would say the sentences
You can say Propustio sam autobus/voz or Zakasnio sam na autobus/voz
literal translation of I missed the bus/train is the one with Propustio sam...
You can also say - Pobegao mi autobus (which is what I would say actually.. in situation when it goes off right there in front of your nose.. Literally, it means - The bus ran away from me